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More Americans are turning to surrogacy to build their families, as the practice becomes more common and more publicly discussed.

Why it matters: As surrogacy becomes more visible and accessible, ethical, legal and cultural tensions become harder to ignore...

This is the first part of the 14th installment in the Legacies of Eugenics series, which features essays by leading thinkers devoted to exploring the history of eugenics and the ways it shapes our present. The series is organized by...

Without a federal law, surrogacy in the U.S. is governed by a patchwork of state regulations/

Why it matters: Confusing...

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This report documents a deliberate assault on disabled people in...

By Durgesh Nandan Jha, The Times of India | 03.12.2014
NEW DELHI: Bollywood film 'Vicky Donor' may have popularized sperm donation, but did you know that donation of eggs is...
By Eesha Pandit, RH Reality Check | 03.12.2014
On March 5, the South Dakota house passed a bill that would ban abortions based on the sex of the...
By Miriam Zoll, <i>Biopolitical Times</i> guest contributor | 03.12.2014

Data about the risks involved in high-tech assisted reproduction have until recently been scarce. The industry naturally touts success rates...

By Kerry Grens, The Scientist | 03.11.2014
Myriad Genetics, a Utah-based genetic diagnostics firm, has tried to get the courts to stop its competitors from selling kits...
By Nancy Shute, NPR | 03.11.2014
For more than a decade scientists have been saying that a genomic revolution will transform medicine, making it possible to...
By W. Patrick McCray, The Chronicle of Higher Education | 03.10.2014
In July 1969—less than two weeks after Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin cavorted on the moon—The New York Review...
By Hiroko Tabuchi, The New York Times | 03.10.2014
TOKYO — One of the authors of a study that was claimed to have discovered a simple way to make...
By Marcy Darnovsky; Jessica Cussins, Medical Laboratory Observer | 03.10.2014

Direct-to-consumer (DTC) genetic testing gained notoriety in the autumn of 2008. That was when two prestigious publications, The New Yorker...